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I have a pretty typical format I follow for tables due to restrictions imposed by professors. While we are not required to use LaTeX it makes my life easier in terms of formatting and so on. However, due to the table format we must follow I am unable to use captions in my tables because I have struggled with a way to try and move them to the correct location. This in turn forces me to keep track of table numbers and all the annoying things that LaTeX tracks for us. I've included the format and what I used to create it below.

begin{table}[H]

        centering

        setlength{arrayrulewidth}{2pt}

        begin{tabular}{cccccc}

            multicolumn{5}{l}{textbf{Table 3} Main Effects and Interactions}\

            hline\

            underline{Combination} & underline{$sumDelta T^{+}$} & underline{$sumDelta T^{-}$} & underline{Contrast} & underline{Main Effect (E)} & underline{Absolute Effect $|E|$}\[0.25cm]

            A       &   251.03& 376.99& -125.96&    -10.49  & 10.49\[0.125cm]

            B       &   372.03& 255.99& 116.04&     9.67    & 9.67\[0.125cm]

            AB      &   305.82& 322.2&  -16.38&     -1.365  & 1.365\[0.125cm]

            C       &   274.89& 353.13& -78.24&     -6.52   & 6.52\[0.125cm]

            AC      &   324.9&  303.12& 21.78&      1.815   & 1.815\[0.125cm]

            BC      &   337.3&  290.72& 46.58&      3.88    & 3.88\[0.125cm]

            ABC     &   306.09& 321.93& -15.84&     -1.32   & 1.32\[0.125cm]

            hline

        end{tabular}

        label{tab:effects}

    end{table}

I wanted to see if anyone knew of a way that I could position the table number and caption in the way that I have in the image so that I don't have to manually keep track of the numbers myself. I've tried things like defining the caption above the tabular environment and left justifying it but it hasn't worked. I don't necessarily agree with the positioning requirement but it effects our grade so I don't have much of a choice. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I would use the caption package to fine-tune the appearance of the captions to meet your professors' formatting requirements. In addition, I would load the siunitx package and its S column type to format the numeric data columns, and I would load the booktabs package for well-spaced horizontal lines. Don't use underline, please; instead, use cmidrule. Finally, consider using a tabular* environment instead of a tabular environment, to help the tabular material fit inside the width of the text block.

documentclass{article} 

usepackage{booktabs} % for sell-spaced horizontal lines

usepackage{siunitx}  % for 'S' column type

usepackage{caption}  % fine control over caption appearance

captionsetup{labelfont=bf,singlelinecheck=false,

              labelsep=space,skip=2pt}

begin{document}

begin{table}

setlengthheavyrulewidth{2pt} % does it have to be soooo wide?

setlengthextrarowheight{2pt}

setlengthtabcolsep{0pt}

caption{Main Effects and Interactions} label{tab:effects}

begin{tabular*}{textwidth}{@{extracolsep{fill}} 

                    c *{2}{S[table-format= 3.2]}

                           S[table-format=-3.2]

                           S[table-format=-2.3]

                           S[table-format= 2.3] @{}}

toprule

Combination          & {$sumDelta T^{+}$} & 

{$sumDelta T^{-}$} & {Contrast}  & 

{Main Effect ($E$)}  & {Abs. Effect $|E|$} \

cmidrule{1-1} cmidrule{2-2} cmidrule{3-3} 

cmidrule{4-4} cmidrule{5-5} cmidrule{6-6} 

  A       &   251.03& 376.99& -125.96&  -10.49  & 10.49\

  B       &   372.03& 255.99&  116.04&   9.67   & 9.67 \

  AB      &   305.82& 322.2 &  -16.38&  -1.365  & 1.365\

  C       &   274.89& 353.13&  -78.24&  -6.52   & 6.52 \

  AC      &   324.9 & 303.12&   21.78&   1.815  & 1.815\

  BC      &   337.3 & 290.72&   46.58&   3.88   & 3.88 \

  ABC     &   306.09& 321.93&  -15.84&  -1.32   & 1.32 \

bottomrule

end{tabular*}

end{table}

end{document}

I think of something like that with the caption package and some options?

documentclass[12pt]{article}

    usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}

    captionsetup{justification=raggedright,

    singlelinecheck=false

    }



begin{document}



begin{table}[h]

        centering

        setlength{arrayrulewidth}{2pt}

        caption{Main Effects and Interaction}

        begin{tabular}{cccccc}

            hline\

            underline{Combination} & underline{$sumDelta T^{+}$} & underline{$sumDelta T^{-}$} & underline{Contrast} & underline{Main Effect (E)} & underline{Absolute Effect $|E|$}\[0.25cm]

            A       &   251.03& 376.99& -125.96&    -10.49  & 10.49\[0.125cm]

            B       &   372.03& 255.99& 116.04&     9.67    & 9.67\[0.125cm]

            AB      &   305.82& 322.2&  -16.38&     -1.365  & 1.365\[0.125cm]

            C       &   274.89& 353.13& -78.24&     -6.52   & 6.52\[0.125cm]

            AC      &   324.9&  303.12& 21.78&      1.815   & 1.815\[0.125cm]

            BC      &   337.3&  290.72& 46.58&      3.88    & 3.88\[0.125cm]

            ABC     &   306.09& 321.93& -15.84&     -1.32   & 1.32\[0.125cm]

            hline

        end{tabular}

        label{tab:effects}

    end{table}





end{document}

Hope it helps :-)

Romain

If I've well understood what you want, you can obtain what you want with the caption and floatrow packages. I added some improvements to your table – replacing the underlines with cmidrule (from booktabs), so as to have all shortlines at the same level, and changing columnspecifier from c to S, to have all numbers in a column aligned on the decimal dot.

Aldo, your table is too wide for default margins? So I loaded geometry, which defines more sensible defaults.

documentclass{article}

usepackage{array, caption, floatrow, booktabs}

usepackage{siunitx}

usepackage[showframe]{geometry}



begin{document}

setcounter{table}{2}



begin{table}[!htb]

        centering

captionsetup{singlelinecheck=off, labelfont=bf, skip=0pt}

floatsetup{captionskip=6pt}

        setlength{arrayrulewidth}{2pt}

sisetup{ table-number-alignment=center}

ttabbox{caption{Main Effects and Interactions}label{tab:effects}}

       {begin{tabular}{c*{2}{S[table-format=3.2]}S[table-format=-3.2]S[table-format=-2.3]S[table-format=2.3]}

            toprule

            Combination & {$sumDelta T^{+}$} & {$sumDelta T^{-}$} & {Contrast} & {Main Effect (E)} &{Absolute Effect $|E|$}\

cmidrule(lr){1-1}cmidrule(lr){2-2}cmidrule(lr){3-3}cmidrule(lr){4-4}cmidrule(lr){5-5}cmidrule(lr){6-6}

addlinespace

            A & 251.03& 376.99& -125.96& -10.49 & 10.49\

addlinespace

            B & 372.03& 255.99& 116.04& 9.67 & 9.67\

addlinespace

            AB & 305.82& 322.2& -16.38& -1.365 & 1.365\

addlinespace

            C & 274.89& 353.13& -78.24& -6.52 & 6.52\

addlinespace

            AC & 324.9& 303.12& 21.78& 1.815 & 1.815\

addlinespace

            BC & 337.3& 290.72& 46.58& 3.88 & 3.88\

addlinespace

            ABC & 306.09& 321.93& -15.84& -1.32 & 1.32\

            bottomrule

        end{tabular}}

    end{table}



end{document}